BACKGROUND:Nature magazine online reports January
14 that studies show temperatures on the continent of Antarctica
have been falling 1.2 degrees Fahrenheit per decade since the
mid-l980s. This disputes earlier claims that temperatures were
rising in Antarctica, but earlier readings were taken on the peninsula
rather than inland, where the latest reported readings were taken.

TEN SECOND RESPONSE: Again, predictions by scientists
supportive of the global warming theory have been shown to be
a guess -a guess that quite often has proven to be incorrect.
It's time we listen to those scientists who acknowledge that
computer models cannot accurately forecast future climate change.

THIRTY SECOND RESPONSE: This study demonstrates that
climate change on this planet is still little understood. Past
predictions of drastic changes have not happened and now scientists
supportive of the global warming theory admit they are 'confused'
by the recent cooling in Antarctica. Yet it is these scientists
who adamantly tell us global warming is happening while scientific
data refutes their claims.

DISCUSSION: The National Science Foundation's Longterm
Ecological Research team has gathered temperature data in the
Dry Valleys near McMurdo Sound in Antarctica since 1986. While
temperatures have risen in the peninsula that sticks out in the
water close to South America, scientists are unable to explain
why temperatures have been falling in the interior of the continent.
Dr. Peter Doran, of the University of Illinois and chief author
of the report, is quoted in the Washington Post (January
14), "We've sort of hit a point where we're a little confused."
He is also quoted as saying the research "does not change
the fact that the planet has warmed up on the whole. The findings
simply point out that Antarctica is not responding as expected."

Recent NASA satellite data show no increase in warming in the
lower atmosphere over the last 22 years. This is the area that
computer models used by scientists supportive of the global warming
theory predicted would warm first if carbon dioxide emissions
were indeed causing global warming. The only measurements that
show warming are surface temperatures.

by Gretchen Randall, Director
John P. McGovern, MD Center for Environmental and Regulatory Affairs
The National Center for Public Policy Research

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